The Hafod Copperworks was located between the Swansea Canal on one side and a bend in the River Tawe on the other. It was laid out by John Vivian with expansion in mind from the very outset.
In its day it was one of the largest and most up to date industrial enterprises in Europe and by the 1840s Vivian & Sons were the largest exporters of finished copper in the UK.
Over the course of the 19th century the Vivians’ also built an entire settlement for their employees called “Trevivian” or “Vivianstown” and which we now call the “Hafod”.
